Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Delhi man posing as CISF officer accused of rape

- Abhishek Behl abhishek.behl@hindustant­imes.com

GURGAON: After a zero FIR (an FIR that can be filed in any police station irrespecti­ve of the jurisdicti­on and could be later transferre­d to the police station concerned) in Delhi, a rape case was transferre­d to the Sector 14 police post in Gurgaon on Friday. It has been registered against a Delhi resident who is yet to be identified.

A 24-year-old Delhi resident, who works in a private hospital, brought rape charges against a man who she claims is a CISF official and is presently posted in Bhopal. The police are conducting a probe and are yet to arrest the accused.

According to the police, the victim, in her complaint, said that on September 3, the accused took her to a hotel in front of bus stand in Gurgaon on the pretext of having lunch and raped her. After that, he went incommunic­ado and despite repeated efforts, the victim could not trace him.

“The victim alleged that she became friends with him at Rajiv Chowk Metro station in September and he introduced himself as a CISF personnel.

She does not have his residentia­l address and nor does she have any picture to identify him,” inspector Bhartender Singh, station house officer (SHO) Sector 14 police post, said.

The mobile phone of the accused has been switched off since he took the victim to Gurgaon.

Police have taken the call detail records of the accused to identify his location and find out the people he had been in touch with. Teams have been formed and the accused will be arrested soon, Singh said.

In another incident, a woman alleged that a man raped her and threatened to kill her if she reports the incident to anyone. The woman presently lives in Naharpur village in Manesar and hails from Uttar Pradesh.

It was alleged that on October 29, the accused accosted her in a room and forced himself upon her.

He is also alleged to have molested and harassed her several times earlier as well. A case under sections 323, 341, 354D, 376, 506 of Indian Penal Code was registered at Manesar police station.

VICTIM ALLEGED THAT SHE BECAME FRIENDS WITH HIM IN SEPT AND HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS A CISF MAN

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